Settling in.

Yesterday I thought my head was going to explode from all the information I was given at the school I'll be teaching at. I'm sure you've all experienced something like that at one point or another - it's like your brain's capacity is used up and it's impossible to take in any new information. Therefore I felt quite nervous and scared of it all after I was done and was not quite sure what I'd got myself into. Though today was an easy day where I had time to ask what I missed yesterday and sit down and read through the books I'll be using and other information. Quite a relieving situation.

I'm quite happy in this little apartment that I have here. My only regret is that I brought too few cardigans as it's quite cold. I am a terrible packer! 

At least I think the shoe selection that I have here is adequate for my needs, even if I only took five pairs with me.

Left to right: Dinsko, Topshop, Bronx, Benetton and Noa Noa.

A chilly Sunday.

I'm sitting here with a cup of hot green tea, which tastes delicious after coming in from a cold walk outside. I went to find the school that I am going to be doing my teaching work experience in. It's only about a seven minute walk from here. That's great. I also took some pictures of what I was wearing.




Coat from Mango, dress (underneath) from Zara, shoes and tights from Noa Noa and bow from Glitter.

I quite enjoy the little apartment I've been given to stay in while I am here. It's all from IKEA, and I suppose I'm not going to make it very personal as I'm only going to stay here for a couple of months. I might show you pictures another day though.

Parts of my new house.

A while ago I promised to show you pictures of my new place, and now I intend to do so. However, there are still a lot of things to fix, and therefore I'm only going to show you my living room and bedroom for now. I'm pretty happy with how those look now, although there are a few things here and there that I'm not completely done with.

Let's start with the living room.



I'm really happy that I have a fireplace now - it's so cozy. Though I don't have any wood to burn.


And this is my bedroom. It's quite small, and I can't fit much more than my bed and my closet and drawers (which are on the wall you can't see) into it.





I'm sorry, but I don't have the time to reply to any of your comments now. I'm going to Sweden for two months tomorrow, it's late and I've barely started packing (as the typical procrastinator I am). I'll try to reply to all the comments from the previous post tomorrow evening or on Sunday. Have a good weekend everyone!

Tags

First of all, a little while ago I was tagged by the sweet Demi from Fashionably Early to do the Fashionista tag- Fun, fun, fun!

Describe your personal style

- I like to dress in a feminine, girly, retro, vintage-like way, to put it short. I mostly wear pretty blouses and skirts, or dresses and tights.

What are the staples in your wardrobe?

- Most of my clothes are hung in my closet or kept in drawers, but the staples I do have in my closets are pants that I don't really wear, warm sweaters and cardigans as well as clothes that I wear for work.

What's your signature look?

- A pretty skirt and a nice blouse with a cardigan, or a dress, worn with tights and some cute shoes.

What inspires you?

- Mostly other bloggers and their amazing style, but also dreamy, romantic and quirky films, the weather and the nature around me, and magazines.

Who is your fashion muse?

- I suppose for the most part bloggers like Marisa, Elin and Sandra whose style I admire so much. Other than that I would say Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Portman and Audrey Hepburn. Oh, and let's not forget Blair Waldorf, if a fictional person can be a muse.

Favourite purchase of all time?

- Hmmm, I suppose perhaps my Marc by Marc Jacobs Faridah bag or my extremely sweet vintage dress with bows.

Biggest splurge?

- My Marc by Marc Jacobs Faridah bag.

What's your beauty routine?

- Mornings: I put on Ahava or Kiehl's moisturizer, black dip eyeliner from Clinique, mascara and Rosebud chapstick, and perfume - either Chloé, Comme des Garcons, or Anna Sui Secret Wish. Now and then I also use Bobbi Brown foundation, Benefit Erase paste, and lipstick and lipliner from Mac. I brush my hair and usually put it in a ponytail or put a clip in it.

In the evening I wash my face with Dior Magique Rinse off Cleansing Gel.

What jewelery do you never take off?

- I don't have any jewelery that I never take off, but I have some necklaces that I wear for a really long time each time I wear them, such as a locket from my grandmother, and a flower necklace that also belonged to her.

What are you wishing for?

- Oh, a lot. In terms of fashion and clothing, I really want a pretty wool cape in deep red, navy or black, and a schoolgirl jumper/pinafore. 

Other than that I hope to find a job in the future that I enjoy and to be happy and healthy.

What are your obsessions?

- Travelling, watching wonderful films, shopping, dreaming, vintage, blogging, bows...

I'm tagging Thumbelina,  Q's Daydream, and Black Sheep.

And certaintly, anyone else who wants to do this too!

Also, Becca Jane of  the lovely Along the Shore gave me this really sweet award. Thank you!

 I would like to pass it on to Emily, Maria G., and Mirthe.

The sweet Emily of Resplendent Tranquility gave me two lovely awards (one of them which I already have, and I feel a bit silly and selfish sort of posting an award that I already received, so I won't feature it). 

 

Thanks Emily!

I'm passing this one on to Andrea, Mo, and Anna

Red shoes in the snow.

A couple of days ago I snagged a pair of pretty red flats with a bow on from Benetton. I had been eyeing them for a while, contemplating buying them, watching them go down to 50% off, and then down to 50% of that. What a bargain!



I wore them with this outfit:





Skirt, tights, hair band and blouse from H&M, and the knitted sweater used to belong to my mother when she was younger.

Sorry.

Gosh, I haven't blogged in a week now, but I've been so, so busy. I know that I told you several weeks ago that I was busy moving, and you'd think I was done by now... but this last week I've been packing the last few things, cleaning my old place and the new, moving and finally unpacking. It's so much work, it's unbelievable. I wouldn't say I'm quite done yet, but I'm pretty happy with the way things look, and I can relax a little. I'm going to show you soon what it looks like.



Another thing that happened this last week is that the sun finally returned after a two month absence. Crazy, I know. Though it's wonderful to have it back, have real daylight, and sunshine. I managed to take some nice pictures of the sun just above the horizon.

22nd of January.

What I did today, in pictures.

I woke up, and had breakfast. Barley porridge with honey, strawberry jam and soya milk. I ate barley porridge when I was in Russia on a school exchange in 2001, but I didn't know what it was then, so when I 'discovered' it again last year, I was thrilled. It's the perfect thing to eat for breakfast, especially in the winter, since it fills you up and makes you warm inside.

Gave my dog a cuddle.



Then I did my make-up.
Lipstick and lipliner from Mac, dip eyeliner from Clinique, mascara from Maybelline, moisturizer from Ahava, and erase paste from Benefit.



This is what I wore. Black wool skirt, cherry top and hair band from H&M, tank underneath from American Apparel and tights from Cubus.


Then I made my way to uni, a 10-15 minute walk. You must think it's crazy how much snow there is here...


We were busy doing a project. In my group we were making a movie. It's a lot of fun.

Afterwards, I went to the gym. I hadn't been in so long, so it was really good going.

Then I came home, and made some dinner (quinoa with fried cauliflower, sugar snaps, potatoes, onion, garlic, chili, and carrot in tomato sauce. Delicious!) that I ate before going to work.

I've been working all evening and now I'm going to bed. Good night!

Lovely new tops, and a tag.

I'm working a lot these days trying to save up money as I'm going to be in southern Sweden for two months doing some work experience at a school in a few weeks from now, and I don't know what kind of possibilities I'd have there earning any money. As well as that, I'm still not done moving, which is why I'm sort of neglecting my blog these days, it seems.

Nevertheless, this morning, I had a few moments to spare in H&M, and I discovered two pretty tops that were just too lovely to pass up.

This cherry one,



and this romantic, pastel blue one:




What's more, I was tagged by the wonderful Princess Daisy, to post the fourth picture from the fourth folder on my computer... and, lo and behold, it's a picture of me and my sister from the early 90's playing dress up. I suppose it's quite obvious that I was the 'evil' older sister making my little sister wear panties on her head...



It didn't say how many people I was supposed to tag, so I'm just going to tag a few.

Katie of Cherry Humbug, Kate and Natalia of Dragonfly in Yantar and Demi of Fashionably Early